FEMA Grant Meeting

Ashland Community and Technical College, State Fire Rescue Training and the Kentucky
Fire Commission are sponsoring a USFA / FEMA workshop for their Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Workshop.

Ashland, KY-Ashland Community and Technical College, State Fire Rescue Training and
the Kentucky Fire Commission are sponsoring a U. S. Fire Administration (USFA) / Federal
Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) workshop for their Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Workshop. The workshop, open to community members and fire department representatives
from throughout the tri-state, will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at the ACTC Roberts Drive Campus, located at 4818
Roberts Drive in Ashland.

Representatives of the USFA and FEMA will be on hand to discuss the purpose of the
Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, and how to successfully complete the
grant application process.

The purpose of the grant is to award one-year grants directly to fire departments
and nonaffiliated emergency medical services (EMS) organizations of a State to enhance
their abilities with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The primary goal is
to provide assistance to meet fire departments' and nonaffiliated EMS organizations'
firefighting and emergency response needs. This program seeks to support organizations
that lack the tools and resources necessary to protect the health and safety of the
public and their emergency response personnel with respect to fire and all other hazards
they may face.

For more information about this program, contact the northeast Kentucky Fire / Rescue
Training Coordinator, Mark Hammond at mark.hammond@kctcs.edu or by phone 606-326-2431.